Green Lantern Corps: The Darker Side Of Green. [Paperback]

Dave Gibbons (Author), Keith Champagne (Illustrator), Patrick Gleason (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (November 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401215076
• ISBN-13: 978-1401215071
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 0.2 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #354,482 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Dave Gibbons passionately roams in three different global playgrounds: The first park is THE AWAKEN GROUP (THEAWAKENGROUP.COM), a consulting firm specializing in creativity, culture and innovation; the second park is a movement of churches not bound by geography that he calls "home" (NEWSONG.NET), throughout Southeast Asia, China, India, Korea, Mexico City, London, and North America. And lastly there is a crazy bunch of people in an organization called XEALOT that focuses on transforming marginalized communities through strategic leadership development and ideation ventures. Dave has written a book on culture and leadership based on an eastern parable called The Monkey and the Fish.

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4.0 out of 5 stars What are the Green Lantern Corpse?, May 13, 2008

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This review is from: Green Lantern Corps: The Darker Side Of Green. (Paperback)

This trade is comprised of two different storylines. The opening three issue arc introduces us to the Green Lantern Corpse, an unknown covert black ops style faction of the GLC that will do the dirty deeds others will not or should not do. Keith Champagne's fascinating new premise in the GL lore is an absolute winner, with much to be further explored and developed down the road along with paving the path for a plethora of interesting plot possibilities. He barely scratched the surface here and certainly left the reader wanting more, which according to him will eventually happen in the not too distant future. The closing four issue arc deals with numerous threads involving many of the regular Lanterns from this series, but does center on a problem concerning the planet Lantern Mogo. Lanterns who come to him for their specialized version of R & R leave with far more serious problems than they arrived with. In connection with that, we are introduced to yet another great addition to the Corps by the name of Bzzd, an insect Lantern who happens to be Mogo's space sector partner. The situation with Mogo is related to and leads directly into the recently completed Sinestro Corps epic. The diverse and richly characterized cast of Lanterns is one of the strengths of this trade and the concept in general. It is one of the primary reasons why the overall mythos of the GLC has grown so impressively over the years into one of the strongest in the entire comics medium. Some people feel it is the best time ever to be a Green Lantern fan, and they just may be right.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended., June 10, 2009

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This review is from: Green Lantern Corps: The Darker Side Of Green. (Paperback)

The idea of the Green Lantern Corps is one of the genuinely genius concepts in the DC universe, and Green Lantern Corps: A Dark Side of Green, achieves success at exploring it to it's fullest potential. (Actually, I wish the volume had been called "A Dark Side of The Green," to highlight the uniqueness of the Green Lantern concept, but that's really a super-minor niggle.) Superficially similar in nature to the Jedi Knights of Star Wars, the Green Lantern Corps are essentially space police, and their tales chronicle the exploits of sentient representatives from various solar systems around the galaxy, given immensely powerful rings that are powered by will (instead of lightsabers).

This volume collects issues 7-13 of the Green Lantern Corps (GLC) ongoing series and is an excellent collection of sci-fi, fantasy stories with competent art and increasingly impressive storytelling. The cast is large but not unwieldly, and each character is distinct and interesting in their own right. The first three chapters of this volume introduce a new concept in the Corps of a "black-ops" type operation, replete with a novel approach to the power of the green, and a distinct visual look. The character of Von Daggle (love that name - and fans of Legion of Superheroes will find a nugget here), is enigmatic and an interesting addition to GLC lore, and the chapters represent a strong reading experience due to the intriguing premise and strong villains. Keith Champagne's scripting here is excellent and I look forward to further work by this writer in this series. The final four chapters though are excellent in their own right, and the final two focusing on Guy Gardner's being framed for murder up the ante somewhat and provide an exciting finish to the volume. The infection of the lantern planet Mogo is a genuinely interesting and creepy plot development, and the writer of the other chapters, Dave Gibbons, takes his time developing the story organically, laying seeds in early chapters that have real payoffs in later ones.

The art by Patrick Gleason continues to be competent, and is steadily improving. Still too reliant on flashy, money-shot type panels instead of being focused on the clarity of his storytelling, for my liking, his figure work is nonetheless consistent and his characters are visually distinct and expressive. His backgrounds are also dense and his art, when he has the space, is genuinely dynamic and exciting. He's a capable penciller who is going from strength to strength, and he does some of his best work on the series in this volume. He is also assisted however, from time to time by the venerable and extremely impressive Dave Gibbons, penciller of Watchmen, among many other things. Gibbons pencil work continues to be a wonder, and could be used by art teachers or universities teaching comics, as a prime example of how to service a story with your pencil work. He's that good.

This volume is the strongest of the GLC volumes thus far, and that says a lot considering that there are newer volumes coming out that promise to be even more exciting and amazing. And I am not referring to the Sinestro Corps volumes that come after it, since those are stories mixed with Green Lantern ongoing series stories as well. "A Dark Side of Green" blends elements of space opera, horror, spy intrigue, with science fiction fantasy in a very satisfying way. It's a great volume of reading and really exploits the potential of the genius that is the concept of the GLC to its fullest potential. I highly recommend it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More solid GL yarns with seeds of things to come, February 2, 2008

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This review is from: Green Lantern Corps: The Darker Side Of Green. (Paperback)

A Darker Shade of Green continues Dave Gibbons' take on the Green Lantern Corps, as things begin to heat up in this TPB. It is revealed that the ever knowing, seemingly omnipotent Guardians are in knowledge of a super-secret faction of Lanterns, which sets up the superb epic The Sinestro Corps War, and eventually, Blackest Night. Prophecies are spewed, promises are made, and seeds are planted for some future, catastrophic events that may very well alter the Green Lantern Corps for the forseeable future. Problem is, A Darker Shade of Green doesn't really do much other than be a lead-in of sorts for the coming events. Still though, legendary Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons provides a solid and often compelling story that will hold your interest regardless. Other than some more sub-par art from Patrick Gleason, A Darker Shade of Green is a worthwhile read for Green Lantern fans, and serves as an interesting prelude to The Sinestro Corps War.